BILL NUMBER: AB 135	CHAPTERED  02/23/00

	CHAPTER   2
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   FEBRUARY 23, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   FEBRUARY 23, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   FEBRUARY 15, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   JANUARY 31, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   JANUARY 24, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MAY 25, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ducheny

                        JANUARY 8, 1999

   An act relating to forestry and fire protection, making an
appropriation therefor, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take
effect immediately.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 135, Ducheny.  Department of Forestry and Fire Protection:
appropriation.
   (1) Prior Budget Acts have appropriated moneys to the Department
of Forestry and Fire Protection for the support of the department and
for expenditure for fire prevention and suppression.
   This bill would appropriate $63,200,000 from the General Fund to
the department, for expenditure for the 1999-2000 fiscal year, for
costs associated with peak firefighting staffing and emergency fire
suppression and detection, in accordance with a specified schedule.
   (2) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately
as an urgency statute.
   Appropriation:  yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  (a) The sum of sixty-three million two hundred thousand
dollars ($63,200,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund
to the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, for expenditure
for the 1999-2000 fiscal year, in accordance with the following
schedule:
   (1) For allocation to the department, in augmentation of Item
3540-001-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 1999, to provide
funding for costs associated with peak firefighting staffing beyond
normally budgeted amounts during the extended 1999 fire season, the
sum of one million two hundred thousand dollars ($1,200,000).
   (2) For allocation to the department, in augmentation of Item
3540-006-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 1999, and for
purposes of emergency fire suppression and detection costs, as
provided in that item, the sum of sixty-two million dollars
($62,000,000).
   (b) The Director of Finance may withhold authorization for the
expenditure of funds provided in this section until, and to the
extent that, estimates of potential deficiencies are verified.
  SEC. 2.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect.  The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to provide needed funds for fire protection staffing and
emergency fire suppression and detection costs, and to ensure the
same amount and intensity of fire protection for lands of the same
type, thereby providing critical fire protection for forest
resources, at the earliest possible time, it is necessary that this
act take effect immediately.
